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Table Of Contents
- vCloud API Programming Guide
- Contents
- vCloud API Programming Guide
- About the VMware vCloud API
- Hello vCloud: A Simplified RESTful Workflow
- Exploring a Cloud
- Summary of vCloud API Browsing Requests
- Retrieve the Login URL and List of Supported API Versions
- Create a Login Session Using the Integrated Identity Provider
- Retrieve a List of Organizations Accessible to You
- Retrieve an Administrative View of a Cloud
- Retrieve a List of vSphere Platform Operations and Objects for a Cloud
- Provisioning an Organization
- Summary of vCloud API Provisioning Requests
- Upload an OVF Package to Create a vApp Template
- Download a vApp or vApp Template as OVF
- Upload a Media Image
- Download a Media Image
- Capturing and Importing vApps
- Managing Catalog Items
- Creating and Using Independent Disks
- View or Change the Owner of an Object
- Controlling Access to vApps and Catalogs
- Deploying and Operating vApps
- Summary of vCloud API vApp and Virtual Machine Operations Requests
- Create a vApp From a Template
- Create a vApp From an OVF Package
- Compose a vApp From Existing Virtual Machines
- Recompose a vApp to Add or Remove Virtual Machines
- Clone a vApp
- Capture a vApp as a Template
- Update vApp Access Controls
- Provide User Input Requested by a Virtual Machine
- Attach or Detach an Independent Disk
- Creating and Using vApp Snapshots
- Operate a vApp
- Configuring vApps and Virtual Machines
- Retrieve the Configuration Links for a vApp
- Retrieve the Configuration Links for a Virtual Machine
- Update Multiple Sections of a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Update a Modifiable Section
- Update a vApp Network Configuration
- Update the NetworkConnectionSection of a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Modify the CPU Configuration of a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Modify the GuestCustomizationSection of a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Modify ProductSection Elements
- Retrieve or Modify Groups of Related Sections in a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Modify the Hard Disk Configuration of a Virtual Machine
- Update the Storage Profile for a Virtual Machine
- Creating and Managing Organizations
- Summary of Administrative Requests
- Administrator Credentials and Privileges
- Organization Administration
- VDC Administration
- Network Administration
- Catalog Administration
- User and Group Administration
- Working With Roles and Rights
- Managing and Monitoring a Cloud
- Summary of System Administration Requests
- Retrieve or Update System Settings
- Attach a vCenter Server
- Finding Available vCenter Resources
- Create a Provider VDC
- Create an External Network
- Create a Network Pool
- Import a Virtual Machine from vCenter
- Relocate a Virtual Machine to a Different Datastore
- Truststore and Keytab Maintenance
- Retrieve the vSphere URL of an Object
- Working With Object Metadata
- Using the Query Service
- Configuring and Using Blocking Tasks and Notifications
- vCloud Director Extension Services
- XML Representations in the vCloud API
- Index
Procedure
1 Retrieve the XML representation of your cloud.
Use a request like this one:
GET https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension
2 Examine the response, a VMWExtension element, to locate the links to lists of external networks and
network pools.
These links have the following form:
<vcloud:Link
rel="down"
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmwExternalNetworkReferences+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/externalNetworkReferences" />
<vcloud:Link
rel="down"
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmwNetworkPoolReferences+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/networkPoolReferences" />
3 Make a GET request to the link that represents the object type of interest.
See “Example: Retrieve a List of External Networks,” on page 247.
Example: Retrieve a List of External Networks
Request:
GET https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/externalNetworkReferences
Each reference to an external network includes its type, name, and href attributes, as shown in this example.
Response:
<vmext:VMWExternalNetworkReferences ... >
...
<vmext:ExternalNetworkReference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.extension.network+xml"
name="VC0"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/externalnet/85" />
<vmext:ExternalNetworkReference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.extension.network+xml"
name="VC1"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/externalnet/302" />
...
</vmext:VMWExternalNetworkReferences>
The corresponding element for network pools, VMWNetworkPoolReferences, is similar. In most cases, you can
supply just the href attribute value when you specify an external network or network pool in an
organization network creation request. You can retrieve additional information about the external network
or network pool by making a GET request to its href attribute value.
Retrieve a List of Virtual Machines from a vCenter Server
You can retrieve the list of virtual machines in the inventory of a vCenter server that is registered to a cloud.
To retrieve the list, make a GET request to the server's vmsList link.
When you import a virtual machine from vCenter, your request must supply a reference to the vCenter
server and a VIM object reference to the virtual machine. See “Finding Available vCenter Resources,” on
page 242.
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